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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Learning Lab: Every Picture Has a Story

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Smithsonian Education presents "Every Picture Has a Story". Teachers can download this comprehensive teaching package in which students examine some of the millions of photographs in the Smithsonian. This amazing teaching package comes...
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Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Comission

Explore Pa History: Robert Cornelius

For Students 3rd - 8th
A concise biographical sketch examining the life and contributions of early photographer and Pennsylvania native, Robert Cornelius.
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University of Texas at Austin

University of Texas: The First Photograph

For Students 9th - 10th
An account of how Joseph Nicephore Niepce was able to use pewter plates to invent the first permanent photographic image in 1827.